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Trillanes warns Tulfos: 'Pasok na pasok kayo sa bitag'

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Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/08/14/20180814-senate-dot-tulfo-md2-2233_3.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Tulfo siblings Ben and Erwin along with former Tourism Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo face the Senate blue ribbon committee in an inquiry on the P60-million ad placement by the Department of Tourism on the brothers&#x27; television program in the government TV station PTV. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA- Senator Antonio Trillanes IV faced off with the Tulfo siblings on Tuesday during a legislative inquiry into the P60-million placement of tourism ads on the siblings&#x27; television show.</p><p>During the inquiry, Trillanes urged former Tourism Chief Wanda Teo and her brothers, broadcasters Ben and Erwin, to tell the truth as he warned them of possible plunder charges.</p><p>This, after Teo claimed that she did not know that her brother, Ben was involved in the show &quot;Kilos Pronto&quot; where the tourism ads were aired.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/14/18/wanda-teo-i-didnt-know-kilos-pronto-is-of-ben-tulfo">Wanda Teo: I didn&#x27;t know &#x27;Kilos Pronto&#x27; is of Ben Tulfo</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Kung ako sa inyo mag-iba na kayo ng legal defense dahil alam niyo po sa buong Pilipinas na nanonood sa inyo. Hindi kayo (Teo) paniniwalaan na hindi niyo alam na napunta &#x27;yan sa kapatid niyo,&quot; Trillanes said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/30/18/trillanes-eyes-plunder-rap-vs-tulfos-for-unreturned-p60-m-ad-pay">Trillanes eyes plunder rap vs Tulfos for unreturned P60-M ad pay</a></li></ul><p>The senator then asked Ben how much he received from the advertising deal. The latter said he still has to check his records.</p><p>&quot;Swak na swak kumbaga pasok na pasok kayo sa bitag, diba Mr. Tulfo?&quot; Trillanes said.</p><p>(It fits perfectly into the trap, right Mr. Tulfo?)</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1427403" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Teo and her brothers came under public scrutiny earlier this year after state auditors flagged P60-million of tourism ad placements into state television blocktimer &quot;Kilos Pronto&quot; which is hosted by Ben and Erwin.</p><p>The Commission on Audit said the deal posed possible conflict of interest. </p><p>Earlier in the hearing, Ben confronted Trillanes for supposedly tagging his family as thieves during a media interview about the former&#x27;s refusal to return the ad money.</p><p>&quot;He (Trillanes) said, &#x27;Kaya hindi isinasauli dahil ninakaw na e.&#x27; Ang paghuhusga mo nakasira nang husto sa amin. Look me in the eye now, say to my face,&quot; said Tulfo.</p><p>(He said, &#x27;The money will not be returned because it has been stolen.&#x27; Your pronouncement has maligned us.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/14/18/gordon-admonishes-tulfo-over-trillanes-attack">Gordon admonishes Tulfo over Trillanes attack</a></li></ul><p>He also said he has no intention of returning the P60 million because Bitag Media had already fulfilled the contract and aired the tourism ads. </p><p>Returning the P60 million, he said, is &quot;tantamount to saying that we did something illegal.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Wala ho sa isip ko magsasauli (ng P60 million) kasi wala akong ginawang ilegal,&quot; he said. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1427398" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>He said it was Teo&#x27;s former lawyer Ferdinand Topacio who urged the Tulfos to return the money &quot;out of goodwill.&quot;</p><div><strong>&#x27;PROVE PLUNDER&#x27;</strong></div><p>Trillanes also chastised the younger Tulfo, Erwin, for supposedly washing his hands of the controversy.</p><p>This, after Erwin explained that he is not an employee of his brother Ben&#x27;s Bitag Media but is simply a talent.</p><p>&quot;Ngayon kasi &#x27;yung paghuhugas ng kamay maliwanag na parang di ka sangkot dito. Kapatid ka ni Secretary Teo at hindi ka ordinaryong empleyado ng Bitag, magkakapatid kayo,&quot; the senator said.</p><p>Erwin, however, dared Trillanes to prove first that they committed plunder.</p><p>&quot;Patunayan mo muna na may plunder, bossing. It&#x27;s not for you to decide. It&#x27;s for the court to decide,&quot; he said.</p><p>(Prove first that there is plunder.)</p><p>&quot;Ano naman ho kinalaman ko sa pondo na &#x27;yan ng DOT? Eh besides nung dumating ako sa programa na &#x27;yan nagsimula na &#x27;yang advertisement na &#x27;yan,&quot; he added.</p><p>(What is my involvement in the funds of the DOT? Besides, when I arrived at that program, that advertisement has already begun.)</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_3_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_3" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1427400" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>The younger Tulfo, however, maintained that their family will face any charges that will be thrown against them</p><p>&quot;Haharapin ho natin &#x27;yan. Hindi naman ho kami umaatras,&quot; he said.</p><p>(We will face those. We do not back down.)</p>

<p>Senator Antonio Trillanes IV faced off with the Tulfo siblings on Tuesday during a legislative inquiry into the P60-million placement of tourism ads on the siblings' television show.</p>

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV faced off with the Tulfo siblings on Tuesday during a legislative inquiry into the P60-million placement of tourism ads on the siblings' television show.

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Trillanes warns Tulfos: 'Pasok na pasok kayo sa bitag'

Arianne Merez,

ABS-CBN News

Published August 14, 2018 01:47 PM PHT

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Updated August 14, 2018 03:19 PM PHT

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